Incident caught on video, known as 'Signgate'

Strong words were issued Wednesday night as the mayor of Encinitas and a city council member were blasted for a violation of city code.

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ENCINITAS, Calif. -
Strong words were issued Wednesday night as the mayor of Encinitas and a city council member were blasted for a violation of city code.

The incident is becoming known as "Signgate." Encinitas Councilman Mark Muir and Encinitas Mayor Jerome Stocks were caught on video breaking their own city code by putting up their campaign signs on the corner of Encinitas Boulevard and El Camino Real before they were allowed.

Video shot by Joe Corder on Oct. 5 – two days before campaign signs were allowed to go up – shows Stocks and Muir in violation of their own city code.

"You have had five days to accept responsibility for your actions and all you have done is to blame it on everybody else but yourself," Corder said at Wednesday's city council meeting.

Stocks said nothing as resident after resident took their shots.

"By ignoring our codes, you engaged in campaign violations… not out of ignorance but out of selfishness," said Encinitas resident Andrew Audet.